My latest book is a lighthearted story about two rival groups of small-town teenagers set in 1968. At a deeper level it is about what makes and breaks community. It can be viewed at Anyone who has survived the challenges of adolescent society … Continue reading
Anarchy and a Police Riot during Mardi Gras An excerpt from A Hitchhiker’s Big Adventure I spent most of the rest of the day sitting on the river bank watching barges and freighters pass up and down the Mississippi. I … Continue reading
An excerpt from Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal, by Jeff Rasley, published by Midsummer Books, 2023. We were five ghostly figures in swirling snow, standing atopthe 15,000-foot Zatwra La. Early … Continue reading
Darkness and Light, Despair and Recovery In a dark time, the eye begins to see. Theodore Roethke was born in 1908 and died in 1963. The quote is the first line of his poem, In a Dark Time. Roethke won … Continue reading
An Experience of Wounded Knee Goshen Redskins and Peace Times The population of North American indigenous people was decimated by a 90 percent reduction and the land they controlled was reduced from 100 percent to 2 percent, as a result … Continue reading
The virus, the lockdown, the protests, the riots, and Donald Trump made me crazy Then the corona virus hit. When the mayor and governor issued their “Hoosier hunker-down” orders my feeling of isolation and alienation really spiked. The housekeeper and … Continue reading
Welcome to Kathmandu 1995 Where are the traffic lights and street signs? Water buffalo, cows, dogs, goats, roosters, and chickens wander across and sleep in the streets. Masses of people – women in beautiful flowing saris with dabs of paint … Continue reading